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Tolstoy writes: ”But what is this beauty which forms the subject-matter of art? How is it defined? What is it?
”As is always the case, the more cloudy and confused the conception conveyed by a word, with the more aplomb and self-assurance do people use that word, pretending that what is understood by it is so simple and clear that it is not worth while even to discuss what it actually means.”
The Masks of God: Vol. II, Oriental Mythology (1962) by Joseph Campbell is again one of those marathons of the mind.
A guide for writers based on the work of Joseph Campbell and the years of research and contribution to storytelling Vogler spent in Hollywood.
One of the last sections is “The Functioning of Myth” and Campbell goes into great deal to extrapolate the introductory section. “The ends for which men strive in the world,” writes Campbell, “are three — no more, no less; namely: love and pleasure (kāma), power and success (artha: pronounced ‘art-ha’), and lawful order and moral virtue (dharma).”
King Solomon’s Mines is a fun adventure story that takes the reader into a mysterious land.
Much of the book is loosely based on experiences of racism in Monroeville, Alabama.
One of the nice perks of this book is that Tobias includes quotes by other authors to introduce the chapters.
The Great Gatsby (1925) by Francis Scott Fitzgerald could arguably be the great American novel often desired and debated among readers and writers.
Reading Lolita in Tehran by Dr. Azar Nafisi is a memoir of a woman teaching literature in Islamic Iran.
If you want to find out what REALLY happened to Rambo, then you’ll just have to read the book.
“Your generalization is beautifully epigrammatic.”
“You must be prepared to work always without applause.”
“There could not have been a lovelier sight; but there was none to see it except a strange boy who was staring in at the window.”
A Poem
